Bellevue Health Clinic

Archive for April, 2010

There are drugs that help people and there are drugs that harm people if not used correctly. And the difference sometimes is in simple attention and sense of caution. This story is about how to use drugs correctly and how they can influence one’s life path.

Julie Harper had a very serious problem of acne throughout her teens and early adulthood. Heavy use cosmetics was the everyday routine for her as she tried to cover all the acne on her face, and have long hair  hiding her entire neck. People suggested changing her diet, but switching from burgers to only green and healthy food didn’t help. Neither did the countless lotions, potions and drugs that promised clean and healthy skin in just a few days (and had a hefty price tag too, of course) but didn’t improve her condition at all. Read the rest of this entry »

You’re home from work and have the house to yourself. You’ve been very disciplined during the day. Just plenty of water to drink and a few biscuits. The scales show those pounds yielding to the diet. And then you find yourself opening the kitchen door. There’s a tub of icecream in the freezer that’s got your name on it. When that’s gone, there’s that piece of cheesecake and a peanut butter sandwich or two to round things off. By the time you’ve finished, the good work of the day has been undone with an intake of calories sufficient to keep a small army going for a week. But, and here comes the sad truth, you have to support being overweight with your lifestyle. If you have a little self-discipline, there’s no reason to carry all that extra weight around. It’s the boom and bust approach to dieting that does the most harm, with binge eating one of the most common of the eating disorders. Why do we do it? Read the rest of this entry »